TY  - BOOK
AU  - Maier,Pauline
TI  - Ratification: the people debate the Constitution, 1787-1788 
SN  - 9780684868547 (hbk.)
AV  - KF4541 .M278 2010
U1  - 342.7302/9 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - Simon & Schuster
KW  - United States
KW  - Constitution
KW  - Public opinion
KW  - Constitutional history
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [491]-559) and index; The morning after -- "Take this or nothing" -- A war of printed words : the national debate begins -- The Pennsylvania ratifying convention-- with Delaware, New Jersey, and Georgia -- "We the people" of Connecticut and Massachusetts -- The Massachusetts Convention I : the "conversation" begins -- The Massachusetts Convention II : "--with cordiality" -- A rough road to Richmond : New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maryland, and South Carolina -- The Virginia Convention I : a battle of giants -- The Virginia Convention II : under the eyes of heaven -- On to Poughkeepsie -- The New York Convention I : a failure of oratory -- The New York Convention II : in or out? -- Some final twists : the North Carolina Convention, a meeting in Pennsylvania, and the ratification story draws to an end
N2  - The dramatic story of the debate over the ratification of the Constitution, the first new account of this seminal moment in American history in years
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010027709-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010027709-d.html
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